[PLUG] Conclusion to PDXLUG argument

[Wil Cooley]

On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 14:27, Cliff Wells wrote:

> Still I have enough sense to know I can't register and successfully 
> defend a name like "Portland Nike Shoe Store" which is what you're 
> suggesting PLUG would be able to do with the Linux trademark.   Unless 
> Linus says otherwise, user groups are free to use it.   Nevertheless, I 
> doubt he's going to give up any rights on the name to further PLUG's cause.

Are you saying, then, that a company could not have a trademark like
"Red Hat Linux" or "Jim Fischer Volvo"? 

Wil
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